Miscellaneous / Human Exome Sequencing

This is a combined Synopsis/Solicitation/Notice of Intent for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format of FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are not being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued for the solicitation number NIAID-NOI-13C-1638876, a Notice of Intent. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-69, dated August 1, 2013. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a small business set-aside, however small disadvantage, minority, veteran owned and HUB zone companies, etc., are encourage in submitting a proposal. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541380, which has a size standard of 14.0 in millions. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intends to procure laboratory testing services to provide human exome sequencing as a sole source requirement with BGI Americas Corporation. Item/Description/ Quantity: Human Exome sequencing of 23 ICL patient samples that requires: (1) a library construction for sequencing, and 2) sequencing using the Agilent SS v4+UTRs kit for the Illumina HiSeq 2000/2500, read length of 91 PE sequencing strategy, 100x base pair coverage. Period Performance is 60 days from date of award to the location of Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The award will be based on: 1) the capability to perform the above stated specifications, 2) price, and 3) delivery (60 days ARO). The FOB point shall be Destination. This will be a fixed price contract. The following Federal Acquisition Regulations provisions and clauses apply to the acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; Far 52.212-2 Evalutaion Commercial Items; Far 52.212-3 Offeror Representation and Certifications Commercial Items; Far 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; Far 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items; and FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003). A completed copy of provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representation and Certifications Commercial Items must be included which can be found online at System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. [Note: Lack of registration in SAM will make an Offeror ineligible for award.] All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by this Agency. Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDST), on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 through the U.S. Postal Service at the address of NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Road, Room 2NE52D, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4811. Email and fax submissions are not acceptable. Requests for information concerning this requirement are to be addressed to Robin White at 301-402-2282. Collect calls will not be accepted.